Tomatoes — Area harvested in Belgium
Belgium: Tomatoes — Area harvested was 580 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Tomatoes — Area harvested in Belgium, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Belgium recorded 580 ha for tomatoes — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 9.4% on the previous year and up 16.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tomatoes — area harvested in Belgium peaked at 900 ha in 2000 and was at its lowest, 443 ha, in 2009.
That places Belgium 108th out of 169 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Tomatoes — Area harvested in Belgium, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 900 ha | — |
| 2001 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 600 ha | -33.3% |
| 2004 | 630 ha | +5.0% |
| 2005 | 554 ha | -12.1% |
| 2006 | 519 ha | -6.3% |
| 2007 | 493 ha | -5.0% |
| 2008 | 470 ha | -4.7% |
| 2009 | 443 ha | -5.7% |
| 2010 | 481 ha | +8.6% |
| 2011 | 474 ha | -1.5% |
| 2012 | 480 ha | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 500 ha | +4.2% |
| 2014 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 510 ha | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 512 ha | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 516 ha | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 550 ha | +6.6% |
| 2019 | 570 ha | +3.6% |
| 2020 | 620 ha | +8.8% |
| 2021 | 630 ha | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 640 ha | +1.6% |
| 2023 | 640 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 580 ha | -9.4% |
Belgium compared with similar countries
- Belgium's 580 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 336 ha, 1.7× the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Belgium's 580 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2,742 ha, 21% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tomatoes — Area harvested in Belgium changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | -33.3% | 900 ha | 600 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 640.9 ha | 443 ha | 900 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 509.3 ha | 474 ha | 570 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 622 ha | 580 ha | 640 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Belgium
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -0.3325 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0073 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 443.58 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2138 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1233 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tomatoes — area harvested in Belgium?
- Tomatoes — area harvested in Belgium was 580 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tomatoes — area harvested recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 900 ha in 2000.
- What is the lowest tomatoes — area harvested recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 443 ha in 2009.
- How does Belgium rank for tomatoes — area harvested?
- Belgium ranks 108th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tomatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Belgium data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Tomatoes — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.